Although patients have the right of access to their protected health information, actual access remains limited. A new study, published in JAMA Network Open, has found that the processing of ...

Your guide to getting medical records and documents from one doctor’s office or clinic to a new healthcare professional. This can be a multi-step process that isn’t always as easy as it may seem. If ...

HIPAA regulations strictly control access to a deceased spouse’s medical records, including those from Medicare. You can only access these records if you legally represent their estate or have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection between your healthcare and your money. Yours is a relatively common complaint — that medical ...

Click here for the main story, "Open Notes Shines Light on Errors in Patient Medical Records." Changing a medical record to correct an error is anything but an easy ...